WHITE COLLAR CRIME

White Collar Crime

White Collar Crime

Introduction

This paper is about white collar crime. Whether it is popular to acknowledge or not, Canada is considered a prime target for white collar crime “professionals”. These pro-active crime practitioners relish “doing business” in this country because of; ease of corporate infiltration; lax laws; minimal conviction rates and the blanket protection provided by The Canadian Charter (Friedrichs, 2009). Additionally, the cost to a corporation to prosecute someone in order to capture losses is quite high.

The Statistics

White-collar crime: the crime committed in the professional field and in the business world. Crime by professional ...